December 20th, 2015

3Christmas Mass Times Holy Trinity Parish
 St Patrick’s Church, Kilbirnie
Christmas Eve   6pm Children’s Mass 11pm Carols followed                     
by 11.30pm Mass
Christmas Day   10am Mass
Thurs 31st Dec   10pm Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament followed by 11pm Mass
Holy Cross Church, Miramar
Christmas Eve    6.30pm Children’s Mass
Christmas Day   9am Mass
St Anthony’s Church, Seatoun
Christmas Eve    11.30pm Carols followed by Midnight Mass
Christmas Day    10am Mass
Thurs 31st Dec     11pm Tongan Mass

Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas and New Year and safe and happy holidays.
                                                                                                            Frs Ephrem, Gregory and Sanele
 
This is our last newsletter till February 7th 2016
Please note that the Parish Office will be operating reduced hours over the holiday period from 28th Dec through to February 2016.

Mass Times Holy Trinity Parish  26 Dec 2015 – 31 Jan 2016
St Patrick’s Church, Kilbirnie
31st Dec               10pm     Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament followed by 11pm Mass
Weekdays            9.30am Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri,
                              7pm       Weds
Weekends            8am       Saturday (Confession 11.30am – 12.30pm)
                              5.30pm Saturday Vigil
                              10am     Sunday
There will be no Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament during this holiday period. Exposition will resume Tuesday 2nd February 2016 after 9.30am Mass.

St Anthony’s Church, Seatoun
Weekdays      9am            Mon, Tues, Weds
Weekends      8.30am     Sunday (Good Shepherd Hall)
                         10am          Sunday (St Anthony’s Church)

Holy Cross Church, Miramar
Weekdays          9am       Thurs, Fri, Sat
Weekend            9am       Sunday

 Notice to all Special Ministers for Sunday Mass at Holy Cross Church
From Sunday the 27th December through until Sunday 31st January inclusive there will be one Mass only at Holy Cross Church. This will be at 9am on Sundays. The roster for special ministers at the usual 8am and 10am Masses has already been published for this holiday period so we ask that you use your discretion and fill in at the 9am Mass where appropriate and as required. Thank you.

​The Christmas roster for St Patrick’s is on the noticeboard at the back of the church.
 
Investigation into ending life (Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide) Have you had your say? Forms and examples of how to complete the submission are available at the back of the Church. To make your submission on-line go to www.holytrinity.parish.nz  Select "News & Views" from the drop down list at top LH corner.  Scroll down to the article "Medics Supporting Life".  To help with your submission you will find a page of Key Arguments at  www.nathaniel.org.nz/euthanasia   You should also consider making your views known to our local MP Annette King.  [email protected]

​Holy Cross: New Altar Linen rosters available from the back of the Church. If you would like yours emailed to you, contact the office on [email protected]

St Patrick’s When receiving communion, could you please refrain from dipping your host in the wine. Thank you.

St Anthony's School is pleased to announce that Miss Davinia Penman has been appointed to be the Year 3/4 Teacher at St Anthony's, commencing Term 1 2016. Davinia has been the Year 3 teacher at St Benedict’s School in Khandallah this year. She brings with her a strong Catholic faith, passion for Music, ability in ICT, and a gentle and caring nature. We feel that Davinia will be an asset to our school. The Staff and I are looking forward to working with Davinia and I know that she is excited to be joining our Community next year. Jennifer Ioannou Principal

Gascoigne Scholarship recipients: We would like to congratulate the three recipients of our scholarship this year. They are Michael Kenna Bachelor who will be studying Creative Media Production at Massey University, Clare Sullivan who will be studying Health Science at Otago University and Kelly Feaunati who will be studying a Bachelor of Nursing Pacific at Whitireia. Kelly is from Good Shepherd and Michael and Clare are from St Patricks. We wish them well in their studies for the coming year.

St Patrick’s Hall and Parish Centre will be closed for planned maintenance from the 24th December and reopen on 1st February 2016. We would like to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

St Vincent de Paul Society Seatoun & MIramar Conference warmly thanks our parishioners, St Anthony's and Holy Cross Schools, and New World Miramar, for your compassionate generosity in donating food, toiletries, gifts, treats and cash. Food boxes were delivered on Friday 18 December 2015 to 55 most needy families across our area in the spirit of reaching out to bring your concern and Christ's love to neighbours who are struggling.   We also wish all our helpers and supporters in the Holy Trinity Parish a peaceful Christmas. 
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Archbishop’s Christmas Appeal –If you wish to donate to this appeal by internet banking via the Parish, then you can do this at any time using your name and “Christmas Appeal” in the reference.  Holy Trinity Parish account number is 02-0536-0185031-00. Thank you in advance for helping to support Lay Pastoral Leaders, International Priests and the work of the Catholic Social Services in the Archdiocese of Wellington.